Mark:12:1-12

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* Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables .“A man planted a vineyard . He put a wall around it , dug a pit for the wine press , and built a watchtower . Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went abroad . * At the right time he sent a servant to the farmers to collect from them a share of the produce from the vineyard . * But the farmersgrabbed the servant ,beat him , and sent him back empty-handed . * Again , the mansent another servant to them . They beat the servantover the head and treated him shamefully . * Then the mansent another , and that one they killed . So it was with many other servants .Some of these they beat , and others they killed . * Hestill had one more person to send ,a son whom he loved . Finally , he sent him to them , saying , ‘They will respect my son .’ * But those farmers said to one another , ‘This is the heir . Come on , let 's kill him , and the inheritance will be ours !’ * So they grabbed him , killed him , and threw him out of the vineyard . * “Now what will the owner of the vineyard do ? He will come and destroy the farmers and give the vineyard to others . * Haven 't you ever read this Scripture :‘The stone that the builders rejectedhas become the cornerstone . * This was the Lord 's doing ,and it is amazing in our eyes ’?” * They were trying to arrest him but were afraid of the crowd . Realizing that he had spoken this parable against them , they left him alone and went away .

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